Eli was the kind of college sophomore who went unnoticed. Thin, pale, always buried in a book or a coding assignment, he blended into the background of campus life like an overexposed photograph. He wasn’t bitter about it—at least not openly—but deep down, he often wished he could stand out, just once. Not for his grades. Not for fixing someone’s broken laptop. But for himself.
One night, while scrolling a sketchy tech forum he frequented, Eli stumbled upon a post titled “Patch Yourself IRL – Beta Testers Wanted.” It linked to an unlisted app called ReMod. The icon was simple—an outlined silhouette of a person with sliders underneath. Thinking it was a joke, Eli downloaded it anyway.
The app opened with a message:
“Welcome, Eli. Make the changes you’ve always wanted. This is your body. Your life.”
At first, it seemed like a novelty. There were sliders for everything—height, muscle mass, skin tone, jawline sharpness, even “social confidence” and “voice timbre.” He laughed and maxed out a few just to see what would happen.
As he submitted the changes, the screen on his phone began to pulse and vibrate. And then he felt it.
A warmth rushed through his body like a shockwave. His vision blurred, his limbs tingled. He stumbled to the mirror above his desk—and stopped.
The reflection staring back wasn’t the Eli he’d always known.
His once-slender frame had bulked up, muscles swelling beneath his skin like he’d spent years training. His chest was broad, his abs defined. His jaw was sharper, his cheekbones more pronounced. He looked like he belonged on a fitness magazine cover—or at least a dating app’s top results.
He stepped back in disbelief, his hand running across his now-chiseled torso, tracing the lines he’d only ever seen on models. His hair was lighter, his eyes more intense. Tattoos adorned his biceps and forearm—he hadn’t chosen those, had he?
It was him, but… a new version.
Eli 2.0.
He smirked at the mirror, a little stunned at how natural it felt. And then he looked back at his phone wondering what other changes he could make with the ReMod app.
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